Friday, July 17, 2009

Chapter 3 : Organisational Culture

Chapter 3 Culture

It is an energy source that connects people together.

Culture have 3 components

Norms, Symbols and symbolic actions – birthdays, Beliefs

Facts that shapes culture in organization

Size of the organization – turnover, number of stuff etc

Technology advancement – product (Microsoft compare to Handcraft Company)

Diversity – product range, geographical spread

Age – Manager experience, business establishment

History – Decision maker’s past success, lesson learnt from

Ownership + control – Sole trader/Shareholder/Public

Writers of culture

Schein

Founder sets the culture. Leaders are determined by the culture later.

Artifact – tangible

Espoused Value – Strategies and Goals (Slogan etc)

Basic assumptions values- unconscious level

Handy

Power – Teo En Sing

Role – Definite Job responsibility

Task – Result driven, one team one goal

Person – trade union – one for all, all for one – trade union

Hofstede

Individualism VS Collectivism – MYOB vs attached culture

Uncertainty – France and Japan dislike

Power distance – degree to accept an inferior position

Masculine vs feminity – Japanese vs Finland

Confucianism vs dynamism – Love of humanity vs Result driven


By : Alwyn =____+

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